Stop the Lochsa Swap – Opinion Letter

June 3, 2013 in Letters, Opinion The Spokesman Review http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/03/stop-the-lochsa-swap/ What’s happening with the Upper Lochsa Land Exchange? Clearwater National Forest Supervisor Rick Brazell is scheduled to … [Read more...]

Lochsa Exchange Easement Proposed

Timber company offers idea it says would protect access, prevent development By ERIC BARKER of the The Lewiston Morning Tribune, posted: Sunday, March 17, 2013 A timber company is floating a draft conservation easement designed to protect … [Read more...]

Recreation and Access Easement For Public Lands in Grangeville and Harpster

Recreation and Access Easement For Public Lands in Grangeville and Harpster

JimChmelik.com - Idaho County First

Fish Creek Area plus Blacktail Butte above Lightening Creek and Green Creek area being reviewed for Land Swap This recreation and access easement is for discussion purposes only - of how a recreation / access easement could potentially address … [Read more...]

Western Pacific Timber Land Trade Route Analysis Map

Western Pacific Timber Land Trade Route Analysis Map

Western Pacific Timber Land Trade Analysis

Map of the lands that are being traded to Western Pacific Timber in Alternative F of the Lochsa Land Exchange. Oh you thought it was a dead deal?  Commissioner Brandt said as much in a September 4, 2012 commission meeting.  That was just a decoy … [Read more...]

Jim Chmelik Stands On Make-Believe Position on Lochsa Land Exchange

In a Letter to the Editor of Idaho County Free Press on  October 31, 2012, a citizen supports Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chmelik's fairy tale myth that he and Commissioners  Skip Brandt, James Rockwell support NO ACTION - ALTERNATIVE A in the … [Read more...]

Are Moral Obligations Ignored in the Lochsa Land Exchange in Favor of Power, Dominance and Monetary Favors?

Are Moral Obligations Ignored in the Lochsa Land Exchange in Favor of Power, Dominance and Monetary Favors?

REJECTED - Conservation Easement held by Western Pacific Timber on 10,000+ acres of Idaho County Public Land.

Communities across the State of Idaho are dealing with a serious and threatening issue that has inflamed taxpaying citizens that hail from south from Hailey, ID and all the way north to Tensed, ID and beyond.  Many of these citizens have served this … [Read more...]

Idaho Recreation Council gathering about Lochsa Land Exchange

Monday March 12 at 6pm in Grangeville at the Super 8 Motel, the Idaho Recreation Council is inviting all motorized vehicle enthusiasts to attend. All Idaho citizens who are concerned about what happens to your Idaho Public Lands should … [Read more...]

GRANGEVILLE – OPEN HOUSE – Forest Service – Rick Brazell – 60 day comment period

Title: GRANGEVILLE - OPEN HOUSE - Forest Service - Rick Brazell - 60 day comment period Location: Grangeville ID, National Guard Armory Description: A comment period begins Friday on a supplemental draft environmental impact statement analyzing an … [Read more...]